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DNA & RNA: Structure & Comparison

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which one of the following proportions is true for DNA bases?

a)

Adenine = Cytosine

b)

Cytosine = Thymine

c)

Thymine = Adenine

d)

It depends on the DNA strand

2.

What is the name of the DNA monomer shown?

a)

Nucleotide

b)

Amino acid

c)

Triglyceride

d)

Phospholipid

3.

What determines the code, or information, of a DNA molecule?

a)

the structure (shape) of the nitrogen bases

b)

the sequence (order) of the nitrogenous bases

c)

the color of the nitrogen bases

d)

the frequency (number) of nitrogen bases

4.

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

a)

sugar, hydrogen, nitrogenous base

b)

sugar, oxygen, nitrogenous base

c)

sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base

d)

sugar, phosphate group, protein

5.
What is DNA's basic job?
a)
to code for proteins
b)
to code for sugars
c)
to code for lipids
d)
to code for nucleic acids
6.
The two strands of the DNA double helix are held together by what type of bond?
a)
hydrogen bonds
b)
peptide bonds
c)
covalent bonds
d)
ionic bonds
7.

If 20% of the nitrogenous bases in a DNA molecule are GUANINE, what percentage of the nitrogenous bases will be ADENINE?

a)

30%

b)

20%

c)

60%

d)

40%

8.

RNA and DNA are similar in that....

a)

they both comprise of the 5 nitrogenous bases: adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil

b)

they are both double helixes

c)

they both contain ribose sugar

d)

they both contain a phosphate group

9.

In RNA which base replaces which?

a)

U replaces T

C-G

b)

U replaces G

G-C

c)

U replaces A

C-G

d)

U replaces C

G-C

10.

Burt was looking at a nucleic acid and noticed the following:

it was a double helix, it had the bases thymine, adenine, cytosine, guanine, and it had a 5 carbon sugar. The nucleic acid was...

a)

DNA

b)

RNA

c)

could have been either DNA or RNA

d)

there was not enough information to tell which nucleic acid it was